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Earn Miles With Car Rentals – 3,000 AA Miles With Avis

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One of the easiest ways for road warriors to earn extra airline miles is through car rentals. Often you only need to add an extra code to your existing or new reservation to earn thousands of miles. For example, Avis has a promotion going on right now where you can earn up to 3,000 American…

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Miles Apart: Top 10 Airline Routes In The World By Distance

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When Qantas launched A380 service from Sydney to Dallas/Ft. International Worth on October 1, 2014 it took over the title of the longest flight in the world based on the distance between the two airports – 13,790km (8568.7 miles). According to the Qantas Fact Sheet the airline will Qantas will operate six non-stop flights in…

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American Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing Due To Walls Coming Apart

American Airlines flight bound for Dallas, with 184 passengers had to make an emergency landing in San Francisco approximately 45 minutes into the flight due to the walls of the plane coming apart, according to ABC News 7! Scary if you ask me! Here are some excerpts from passengers onboard, reported by ABC News 7,…

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Earn 20 American AAdvantage Miles Per Dollar Plus Breast Cancer Awareness Miles For A Cure

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Here’s another great chance to be charitable while also earning miles for donating money to help fight breast cancer. During the month of October, donate at least $25 to Miles for a Cure and you’ll earn 20 AAdvantage miles for every dollar you give. Learn more at here. *Each donor can earn a maximum of 60,000 miles…

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1,000 AAdvantage Miles When You Book With National‏ Rental Car

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Members can earn 1,000 American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles plus receive $15 off when you book with National Rental Car. How To Get Bonus 1,000 Miles Rent any size car for a minimum of three days at any participating National location in the United States and earn 1,000 American Airlines AAdvantage bonus miles plus receive…

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Easy Way to Earn 2000 Bonus American AAdvantage Miles

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American Airlines is giving you the chance to ‘rake in the miles’ by shopping the AAdvantage eShopping Mall and earn bonus miles based on the amount you spend. The offer is good until October 16, 2014, and the bonus miles could take 8-10 weeks to post to your AAdvanage account. Terms: From 10/01/14 to 10/16/14…

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American Adds New Miami Non Stop Service, And Is Vying for Delta’s Haneda Slot

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American Airlines announced yesterday that it’s adding four new non-stop flights out of Miami: Austin and San Antonio, Tx; Kansas City, Mo.; and Salt Lake City, Ut. Tickets for these new non-stops go on sale October 5, 2014 but service doesn’t start until March 5, 2015. American will use Boeing 737-800s on the daily round-trip…

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Free American AAdvantage Platinum Status for Hilton HHonors Members (Targeted)

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Hilton Hhonors and American Airlines have partnered to offer select Hilton Hhonors members free American Airlines Platinum status. Note that this offer is targeted, but you can try to register to see if it will let you Offer Details: Hilton HHonors and American Airlines are teaming up to reward your frequent travel. Sign up by…

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Last Call – 100% Bonus On US Airways Purchased Miles

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The 100% bonus offer on US Airways purchased miles is back. This will likely be the last one as the integration between American Airlines and US Airways will be completed this fall. I’ve talked about how you can use this offer to purchase enough miles for an award to Europe or South America in Business Class…

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Southwest Airlines Implementing Rapid Expansion at DCA This Fall

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Southwest Airlines started serving Ronald Regan National Airport (DCA) in June of 2012. Since then, they have gained greater access to the slot controlled and perimeter restricted airport thru its purchase of take-off and landing slots after the Department of Transportation made American Airlines and US Airways divest some of their slots at DCA to…

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7,500 American Airlines Bonus With Radisson Takeoff With More Miles Promotion

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For a limited time Club Carlson members can earn a 7,500 American Airlines miles bonus with the Radisson Takeoff with More Miles Promotion. Simply register by October 31, 2014 with your Club Carlson account and stay twice at participating Radisson hotels by December 15, 2014. How To Register • Register For Takeoff With More Miles…

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AAdvantage 50,000 Citi Gold Card Offer (Targeted)

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The old 30,000 bonus mile offer for the Platinum version of the AAdvantage card has been updated. You can now get 50,000 bonus points for the following two cards: Citi® / AAdvantage® Platinum Select® MasterCard® CitiBusiness® AAdvantage® World MasterCard® Related Posts Free AAdmirals Club Passes Have Arrived From Citi Promotion How To Get Two Free American Airlines Admirals Club…

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Free AAdmirals Club Passes Have Arrived From Citi Promotion

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Earlier this summer we shared how you could earn two free AAdmirals Club Passes by registering your eligible CitiBusiness® AAdvantage® World MasterCard® or Citi® Platinum Select® / AAdvantage® World MasterCard® for the offer and entering your 10 digit invitation number on the formal promotion website.  The Adirmals Club passes are starting to arrive. Officially the promotion says 6-8 weeks to…

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American Airlines Launch New Domestic and International Routes

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American Airlines announced that they would be launching new Domestic and International service starting later this year so here’s a rundown on the new flights. New International Routes: Charlotte (CLT) and Brussels, Belgium (BRU) Charlotte (CLT) and Lisbon, Portugal (LIS) Charlotte (CLT) and Barcelona, Spain (BCN) Charlotte (CLT) and Manchester, England (MAN) Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) and…

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AA Shows Off Its America West Heritage Livery

americanair recently posted this picture to Instagram with the caption: #NowArriving: Heritage liveries. As part of our integration, we’ll continue this US Airways tradition, starting with America West Airlines. #TBT #InstaPlane #Aviation The ‘new American Airlines’ is going to continue with Heritage Livery and add potentially 4 more to their heritage fleet between now and…

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American Flights Bookable On Orbitz (Again)

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After a dust up last week between American Airlines and Orbitz, American airlines plans to return to selling fares through Orbitz. It was pretty clear that American was putting the squeeze on Orbitz for lower fees.Most telling is that their statement reads they no longer plan to pull Us airways fees from the booking site.…

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Results: 3 Credit Card Applications For 125,000 Points & Miles

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A recent application for 3 credit cards added 125,000 bonus points and miles to my accounts, plus the new cards will give me plenty of spend bonuses and card benefits that will be useful in the year to come. The cards I applied for this time are much different than the ones I applied for…

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Happy #NationalAviationDay

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Tuesday August 19th marks the 75th National Aviation Day.  The holiday, meant to celebrate the history of aviation, was started  in 1939, and August 19 was chosen to coincided with Orville Wright’s birthday.  Here are some snapshots on how some airlines are wishing you a Happy #NationalAviationDay Bottom Line: Happy National Aviation Day!    …

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Up To 100% Bonus With US Airways: ~$1,881.25 Business Class (Targeted)

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The 100% bonus offer on purchased US Airways miles is back for a very limited time during the month of August. With this targeted offer you can buy enough miles for an award to Europe or South America in Business Class for only ~$1,881.25 and almost enough (100k of the 110k required) miles for a South Pacific…

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